Improvement in sad, fluting, and band irbns



A. S. MANN.

Sad, Fluting, and Band-Irons. Y

N0. 139,590. Paterjtedlun`e"3,l873.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUSTIN S. MANN, OF IITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN SAD, FLUTING, AND B AND `IRNS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 139,590, dated June 3,1873; application lcd December 2, 1872.

To all whom tt may cncewu.

Be it known that I, AUSTIN S. MANN, of Pittsburg, in the county ot' Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sad, Fluting, and Band Irons; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon which form a part of this speciiication.

My invention relates to improvements in the construction of sad, luting, and band irons.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of a combined sad, uting, and band iron with some of my improvements thereon. Fig. 2 is a side View of Fig. 1 in the position used as a band-iron. Fig. 3 is an end view of Fig. l in 'the position used as a sad or smoothing iron.

The same letters indicate similar parts in all the drawings.

The combined, sad, uting, and band iron A is constructed with a hole running longitudinally through it. Upon the extremities, or thereabout, of thel handle a3, and on the in ner side thereof, are formed two Iprojections, a4 a5, having perforations through them. This handle, after being sprung into position, has

a rod or other metal, a2, passed through it and securely fastened to the said projections a4 a5, at each extremity. The part ot the handle grasped by the hand is hollow, which serves to prevent its becoming too hot for handling.

At the point of iron A, and in the handle a?, is

formed a formed a groove, a7, into which the point of the iron is forced in the action ot'fastening, by means of screw a8 or other suitable means, when the same is used for iluting or plain ironing. Running down the center of the heel ot iron A is a groove, a9, into which the end of said screw a8 projects, thus securely fastening the handle at both ends. The

iiuting ot' the iron A is of uniform depth from the point running backward until approaching the heel, when itis gradually deepened, as shown in Fig. lot the accompanying drawings, and for a purpose explained further on. The handle ot the said ironA is held in position shown in Fig. 2, when used as a band-iron, by

shown in Fig. 2, the projection a5 is readily slipped into position and held there, as before described. In Fig. 3 the .variable depth of the iluting of the iron is clearly shown. The

corrugated or iluted face of the iron consists of a thin plate, a10,cast separately, and united to the body A of the iron by casting the latter on it, the plate al being provided with projections upon the side to be joined to the body A, for the purpose of securing a stronger joint. The main object in forming the iron in the manner just stated is to secure a smooth {inish for both faces ofthe iron in the process of casting, so that but little subsequent dressing will be required.

It is well-known that the top surface of a piece of casting is never as smooth as the bottom surface, and that other conditions being the same the surfaces of thin' cast plates or objects present a better finish than those of thicker ones. I take advantageot' these facts by casting the corrugated surface of the iron, the most difficult to dress, separately, in the form of a thin plate 5 and to complete the iron this thin plate is suspended in the cope of the flask, with the corrugations uppermost, and the main body A of the iron is then cast on it. In this way I secure the best obtainable" iinish for both surfaces of the iron.

An incidental advantage resulting from this mode of construction is that the corrugated plates become somewhat annealed, and can, in consequence, be more easily dressed. By making the flutes of the fluted surface of the iron ot' variable depth, fabrics may be iluted to varying depth with the same iron, a baseboard being provided having flutes of corresponding varying depth.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat ent, is- 1. A combined smoothing and uting iron, composed of the separately-cast thin corrugated plate al and main body A, united together by casting them on each other, Vsubstantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. A reversible sad and iiutin g iron hinged 5. The perforated pla-te A of' a sad-iron and its handle formed and sprung on the plate, as described, in combination with the rod a?, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AUSTIN S. MANN.

Witnesses:

J. C. MGGREA, J AMES A. MAHAFFEY. 

